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CHINA: BEIJING: GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF INTERFERING
Mandarin/Nat
China has criticised Guatemala for inviting Taiwan's foreign minister to the signing of the Guatemalan peace plan, saying it wrecked the basis for co-operation between China and Guatemala.
At the weekly Foreign Ministry...
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SYND 22 3 68 ARCHBISHOP CASARIEGO TALKS TO PRESS
Guatemala City celebrates as Archbishop Casariego escapes from kidnappers.
1. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) ms Archbishop Casariego talks to press and his parishioners
Film: Neg - Sound: Opt SOF - B&W - NYFilm: a0048408 - LN Number:...
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US Vice President Joe Biden met with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, who asked the US to start a temporary work programme for Guatemalan migrants and grant temporary protected status for Guatemalan migrants.
US Vice President Joe Biden met with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, who asked the US to start a temporary work programme for Guatemalan migrants and grant temporary protected status for Guatemalan migrants.
On Friday, the Obama...
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McAfee planning to seek asylum in Guatemala
1. Wide of John McAfee at table in restaurant
2. SOUNDBITE (English) John McAfee, Computer software company founder:
"I will reveal information about police, about the corruption, about the oppression that has not been released. I think...
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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Guatemala and parts of El Salvador on Monday, but no there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in either country.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Earthquake rattles Guatemala
CAPTION: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Guatemala and parts of El Salvador on Monday, but no there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in either country. (Jan. 19)
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Guatemalan President assures there is justice in his country
1. Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo departing the White House
2. Cutaway of presser outside White House
3. Still photo of President Portillo meeting U.S. President George W. Bush
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alfonso Portillo, President...
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WRAP Candidates vote in final round of elex ADDS polls close
1. Various of presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina casting his ballot
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Otto Perez Molina, presidential candidate for the Patriotic Party:
"I'm happy to be part of this elections for the first time, and that also...
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+4:3 Protest in support of First Lady''s battle to register as candidate
Guatemala City, 29 July 2011
1. Protester playing the trumpet, pull out to wider shot showing protesters with banners reading "Sandra for President" (referring to Sandra Torres, former first lady who divorced president Alvaro Colom and...
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+4:3 Perez and Baldizon face likely run off for presidential election
1. Wide of Electoral Court members at media conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria Eugenia Villagran, President, Electoral Court:
"Patriot Party gets 1,537,231 votes or 35.99 percent."
3. Cutaway of media
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria...
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Guatemala - Two men executed for rape and murder
Two men sentenced to death for raping and killing a four-year-old girl in 1993 were executed in Guatemala on Friday morning (13/9) by firing squad. Convicts Pedro Casatillo and Roberto Giron were taken to the "Canada" prison in the city...
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President visits area where thousands of homes could be condemned after quake
1. Various of heavy machinery demolishing houses
2. Tracking shot of workers carrying beam
3. Various of heavy machinery demolishing home
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Lopez, managing demolition process:
"There are many sad...
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President''''s first state of union address; protests; airport strike
1. Protest rally in downtown
2. People gathering for protest
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alvaro Ramazini, Guatemalan Bishop:
"Is it truly a constant and responsible commitment, considering the nation and the people, to sign an accord of free...
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GUATEMALA: NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS VISIT WAR TORN REGION
Spanish/Nat
Guatemalan Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu and rebel leader Rolando Moran have visited one of the most war torn regions of the country to witness the beginning of the demobilization of rebel and army troops.
It was...
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GUATEMALA: BUILD UP TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
In defiance of a constitutional provision barring past coup leaders from running for presidential office, a former Guatemalan dictator has signed up as a candidate in the next presidential election.
Efrain Rios Montt, a...
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IOC meeting to decide site of 2014 Winter Games
1. Police officers with dog
2. Close-up of dog
3. Hotel exterior, with bus, Olympic flags
4. Police, with police vehicle
5. Pan across delegates inside hotel
6. More delegates arriving
7. Various of Austrian chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer...
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Former dictator Rios Montt preliminary hearing on genocide charges
1. Various exteriors of courthouse
2. Wide of Judge Miguel Angel Galvez entering courtroom, people taking their seat
3. Close of defendant and former Guatemalan leader General Jose Efrain Rios Montt
4. Mid of Judge Galvez arranging case...
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Four dead in riot at high security prison
1. Wide of El Boqueron prison
2. Various of prison guards
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) (no first name given) de la Cruz, Deputy Police Chief:
"It appears that there have been four deaths inside the walls of the prison."
4. Wide of El...
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4:3 President tours site of massacre, scene
1. Wide of cordon around bodies with security forces in the background
2. Wide of police standing next to building
3. Soldiers standing next to fence
4. Close of dead body with hands tied behind back with string ++GRAPHIC SHOT++
5. Wide...
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Kerry asks for help to curb a influx of unaccompanied children arriving in US
US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Panama City on Tuesday, holding talks with Central American leaders on how to curb the flow of migrants to the US, in particular unaccompanied children.
Kerry, who was leading the US Presidential...
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COSTA RICA: US PRESIDENT CLINTON TO ATTEND CEREMONY IN RAIN FOREST
English/Nat
President Clinton heads to the tropical rain forest on Friday to urge that development and conservation proceed hand in hand.
The U-S leader is flying by helicopter to Costa Rica's Carillo National Park, where he will hold up...
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Anti govt protest to coincide with Holy Week in Caracas; Guatemalans build sawdust carpets
Catholic faithful marked the Holy Week in Guatemala and Venezuela on Thursday in contrasting ways.
In Caracas, hundreds of university students and opposition supporters marched through the streets in a so-called "Holy Protest".
Some of...
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SYND 6 2 76 AFTERMATH OF EARTHQUAKE IN GUATEMALA
Cleanup work and food distribution continues in Guatemala in the wake of two massive earthquakes. Latest reports indicate at least fifteen thousand persons have been killed since the quake first struck last wednesday. Another strong...
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Festivities and processions ahead of Christmas
1. People dressed in masks dancing at festival
2. Various of children watching
3. Various of person dressed as devil riding decorated horse
4. Various of people watching
5. People dressed as devils playing music, UPSOUND (Spanish) Man...
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Guatemala - People massacred in 1982 given burial
Massacre village buries dead...14 years on
Some 325 people who were massacred by the Guatemalan army in 1982 were finally given a proper burial on Saturday (7/12) in the village of Cuarto Pueblo. The victims were part of a cooperative...